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Are Catholics allowed to go to a non-Catholic wedding? Also, is the devil the “bad-guy” in the world?

Can one receive communion twice a day or more?

Does someone with a severe mental illness have to go to confession?

We are relocating and the nearest Catholic school will be far away from us. Can you give me any direction on whether or not we should keep our kids in Catholic school?

Genesis 6:5-7 says that God regretted making man. Did God really regret making us or was that just a literary style?

I was recently hospitalized. On several occasions lay people have come to offer me communion. I have not been to confession in a while. Should I be receiving communion while I’m hospitalized without going to confession?

What do I tell a friend whose mother just passed away and she was a fallen away Catholic? I want to let her know that there is always hope.

My brother committed suicide a few years ago. Does he have a chance to be in heaven?

I go to Mass twice a day to make reparation for family members who do not go to Mass. Am I being scrupulous?

Isn’t it a soft message that someone who does not believe in organized religion can still be saved? It seems like it would encourage people to not believe.

A Contemporary Adult Guide To Conscience - For The Sacrament Of ConfessionThe Contemporary Adult Guide to Conscience - For the Sacrament of Confession assists you in obtaining theologically sound, yet eminently practical material on the Sacrament of Penance. This handy booklet is designed to give you a clear understanding of the nature and necessity of sacramental confession, an analysis of sin and its destructive effects, and a review of the elements of a worthy reception of Penance. Especially valuable is the detailed coverage of the Commandments of God, the Commandments of the Church, and the seven capital sins.

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The Seven Deadly Sins of ApologeticsThe renaissance of Catholic apologetics has done great good for the Church. Ordinary Catholics are learning how to defend and explain the Faith—and to share it enthusiastically with others—more fluently and confidently than ever.
As an experienced apologist and evangelist, Mark Brumley has seen firsthand what this renaissance has accomplished. But he has also witnessed its dangers and pitfalls; some of which are so serious that, left unchecked, they can undermine all our efforts. When we try to prove too much from reason alone, for example, or when we let prideful desire to win arguments overshadow our goal of communicating God’s truth, we run the risk of becoming mediocre—even counter-productive—stewards and messengers of that truth.
In The Seven Deadly Sins of Apologetics, Brumley examines the most common faults that defenders of the Faith must guard against, and shows you how to avoid and overcome them. Read this concise and lively book today and become a more effective apostle tomorrow!

"Holy God, we praise Thy Name..."

~ The opening line of Te Deum laudamus, a hymn that can be traced as far back as the 2nd century A.D., in a translation common to American hymnals.